DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story (2004)

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When megalomaniacal White Goodman, the owner of a trendy, high-end fitness center, makes a move to take over the struggling local gym run by happy-go-lucky Pete La Fleur, there's only one way for La Fleur to fight back: dodgeball. Aided by a dodgeball guru and Goodman's attorney, La Fleur and his rag-tag team of underdogs launch a knock-down, drag-out battle in which the winner takes all.

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Movie Info. Directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story revolves around amiable underachiever Peter LaFleur (Vince Vaughn), whose rundown gym, Average Joe's, is populated by a less-than-average clientele including a self-styled pirate, an ultra-obscure sports aficionado, and a pining high school nerd.

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. The animated main menu, featuring footage from the film, are in anamorphic widescreen, and present animated scene selections, language (English 5.1, French 2.0 and Spanish 2.0) and subtitle (English and Spanish) options, special features and a Fox promo piece. The submenus are a mix of animation and static screens.

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. The film is hosted by dodgeball legend Patches O'Houlihan, who must therefore be in his 80s when he appears at Average Joe's in his motorized wheelchair, and announces that he will coach them to victory. Patches is played by Rip Torn, whose training methods get enormous laughs.

Peter turns to his gym's regulars for help and Gordon (Stephen Root), a connoisseur of obscure sports, suggests entering the Las Vegas International Dodgeball Open, which offers a $50,000 top prize.

Review At its core, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story is your basic sports film. A team of oddballs enter a sportsball tournament to combat a team of bullies. It’s basically Rocky or The Replacements but with dodgeball. This kind of story has been done dozens of times over since the invention of cinema.

DODGEBALL: A TRUE UNDERDOG STORY is pure silliness -- lots of balls slamming into lots of people, some funny surprise cameo appearances, Ben Stiller's clueless bully persona, and insult humor. Gary Cole and Jason Bateman have some good moments as sportscasters and Hank Azaria is fun to watch in an old instructional film...

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. For a while, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story was known simply as Underdogs, but whoever decided to change the name had the right idea. This is a movie pitched only to people who find the idea of a movie about dodgeball instantly hilarious. Writer-director Rawson Marshall Thurber has gathered together a team...

DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story is a 2004 American sports comedy film written and directed by Rawson M. Thurber and starring Vince Vaughn and Ben Stiller.. The plot follows a group of misfits entering a Las Vegas dodgeball tournament to save their cherished local gym from the onslaught of a corporate health fitness chain.

Dodgeball - A True Underdog Story: Fox // Unrated // July 12, 2005: List Price: $26.98 [Buy now and save at Amazon] ... Check out more of my reviews here. Head on over to my anime blog as well for random musings and reviews of anime, manga, and stuff from Japan! Popular Reviews: 1.

Directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber. With Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor, Vince Vaughn, Rip Torn. A group of misfits enter a Las Vegas dodgeball tournament in order to save their cherished local gym from the onslaught of a corporate health fitness chain.